Feather-feeding device



Sept. 7 1926.

F. WEVER FEATHER FEEDING DEVICE Original Filed May 15, 1922 2 Sheets-She et' 1' Sept. 7 1926.

' F. WEVER FEATHER FEEDING DEVICE Original Fil'ed May 15. 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Sept. 7, 1926.

UNI D js TAre-s JEBITZ WE-VER, or STUTTGART, GERMANY; HENRI MA'RMIGNAT ADMINISTRATOR, on

' Y SAID FRITZ WEVER, DECEASED; Y 1

FEATHER- mm ne nnvicn.

Original applicati'iii This i s-i. division of my co pending appli cation, filed May 15th, 1922, Serial No.

561,216; -for improvements inf makingfuror plumage like material. Y

This invention relates to the art of making fur or plumage like material, and inzparticu lar such material'as is madeiby securing' feathers to supporting layers of sheet material, such as cloth or other textiles. Such material is adapted for use for cloaks, over-1 coats and garments of other descriptions, for covers, in general, andfor all ot the uses to Which furs are applied, and'it may be applied as an interior lining exterior covering.v I The invention is designed tofurnish 'means whereby the feathers or similar'material are secured in a uniform and-even layer to alayer of supporting material, preferably textile materiaLand in such a Way'that the operation of securing the feathers m ay'fhe done expeditiously and Withaccuracy. With these objects in view, my invention comprises meansffor advancing feathers in successive quantities to a sewing or other securing mechanism and'atthe same time feeding a hand or strip of textile or other sheet material to the, said securing means, the parts fbeihg'so arranged that the feathers are'spread in a fiat, even and uniform layer onto the hand or strip 'in successive quane tities at a rateotspeed conforming to the speed of the sewing o'r'r othei attaching mechanism, To" 'jtacilita'te' and'faid this action I also provide means for loosening t'h e feathers and pre-v'ienting their aggl'omera;

non orjtend'ency td'stick"tf0gethei in lumps such-means being ar'raiiged at a point behind the "conduit through? which "the feathers are passed to the attaching jmechanisi'ri.

My invention, moreover, comprises details of construction and arrangement, and such otherf eatures, 'nietl'ijod's, means and combinations of parts as Willie-e hereinafter set forth and more pait'icularl pointed out in the claims forming part of this specification.

drawings: I

swing for]: roller The apparatus shown :is' particularly adapted for treating thehea'vi'ersorts of teat-hers, suchas wing feathers? Which require-no preliminary loosening or separatln. the" drawing;

hopper 'orhol'der through which the feathers are introduced; int-ojthe' apparatus. -The 1 lower end or outlet- 1 o't-"the hopper i "furnished with a device for retaining "the I 'fea'ther 7 charge f and for- Withdrawing thefeathersin' small quantities to be successively delivered for further treatmenthy theapparatus. 1 This device comprises'a seriesof lorigitudin-alf ribs 1 preferablyv arranged on the Wall off'tlie liopper Whichlies between the Walls on which the ribs 1? are formed, a roller 2" provided with picker needles '2, and

a rollerl provided Kvith stripping forks 3 arranged? below and adjacent'tothe picker needle roller2'andin such-position that the forks ,will -straddle 0r iel gfigethe picker needlesf2 =as they-[pass the stripping-"fork roller, and "that said fOIkTVitlIl just clear; the

lower edges er; the ribs 1*. T As shown; the 'IlbS '1 havea curved contoiii corr'es1'30ndto the path of the picker needles 2% The picker needle roller '2' and-the strippipe-* of same showing the exhaust v are cau se'd to rotate in V filed I5, 1922, Serial No. 551,216, and in Germany Decemher 14, 192i). Divid e cl I I and this application fi1e'd'J'une' 24, 1924, seriai ro, 722387 a vertical section of l 'ingaction. As 'shownfittis arranged tdfi fi y j the table of" the sewing "inechanism, 13,.14 v p .1

i 1 represents the supply the direction indicated by the arrows inliig,

1 tliatf is to say, so thatf the picker' ii'e'evdless 2? move downward andlout ward the strip; ping iorksW-h ch' engage orstra ddl'eithese e V I V needles as best seen in Figure 5, move in; In'jthe accompanying "drawings, I have Ward and upwardpast the lOWGI" corners pt contactiv'ith the picker needles 2 from. them and pasttl'ierihsil the rihs"1 -;"thus strippingithdteathersi-n The picker needles, besides their rotary movement, have a radially reciprocating motion and so as to advance as they enter .andnot constituting perse a part of my.

present invention, need not be, described in further detail herein.

i The lower portion of the hopper is provided with slots 1, Figs. 1 and 5, to permit the entrance of the picker needles 2 into the hopper. I

The'feathers as they reach the bottom of thehopper 1, are grasped by the forked strippers 3 of the stripper shaft and carried therefrom to the nozzle 11, by a blast or blastsof compressed air. For this purpose there is arranged at 40 an air compression pump; or blower, the air from which passes through pipe 41, which is connected to the :outlet of the compression-pump, to the mouthpiece comprising in the present 7 instance a plurality of jet-orifices 42 (see with anair cook 43, by which the rate or,

quantity of air discharged into said pipe may be regulated, the regulating operation being guided by a scale 48 and a pointer 49 arranged to travel over said scale and mounted on the plug of the cock. In order to discharge theair from the jet orifices in intermittent streams or gusts, the pipe 41.

is furnished with a reciprocating slidevalve 44, Figs. 1. and 4, to alternately open and shut oilffsaid pipe, saidslide 44 being raised to the dotted line position, Fig. 4, and thus opened, by a cam or tappet wheel 46 bearing on one armof a rock lever 45' fulcrumed at 451, the other arm of which is connected to i said. slide 44 by link 441. and thereupon quickly loweredv to shut off the pipe by a spring 461 arranged to draw the lever against cam or tappet wheel. 46. In order to discharge the compressed air from the pipe 41 when theslide valve is lowered and closed,

and thereby to eliminate injurious back pressure on the compression pump or blower,

The details of the needle reciprocata flap valve or vent 47 is arranged on the pipe 41 behind the slide valve 44, said flap valve being operated from the rock lever 45 by the connecting rod 471, connected to said Y and shut when it is open.

The forward end of the nozzle 11 is provided at its forward end or mouth with the arresting prongs 11 of resilient material in advance of the mouthpiece or nozzle 11, Figs. 1 and 2. Between said sewing mechanism and the nozzle 11 is arranged the feather picking mechanism for releasing successive quantities of feathers from the arresting prongs 11 and feeding them onto a strip of feather supporting material 15 which is j which are preferably arranged in staggeredf mechanism comprising the fed to the machine inany desiredmanner 7 from a web or roller. This feather picking mechanism consists of'a roller 12 provided with radial picker needles 12 arranged thereon, as seen in Fig. 1. These picker needles are so arranged as to enter the-slots between the prongs 11 as the roller revolves, and to withdraw the feathers held against said prongs by the air current, dropping them onto the band or strip 15 on which they are fed to the needle 14 and under the presser foot 13. as seen in 1.

-VVhat I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: i

1. In an apparatus of the character set forth, a holder for feathersor similar material. attaching means for securingthe feathers to a supporting layer and means for withdrawing successive quantities from the holder, in combination with a conduit leadingv from .the ,feather withdrawing means to the attaching means, and means arranged behind the withdrawing means for blowing the feathers from the said with draw-ing meansto the attaching means.

Inan apparatus of the character set fortlnmechanism for securing feathers to a supporting layer. .a holder for feathers or similar material having an outlet portion, a series of rotary picker'needles arranged to enter and travel past the outlet portion and a. series of'rotary stripping forks arranged to travel past and to strip the feathers from the picker needles, in combination with a conduit extending from the stripping forks toward the attaching mechanism, a blast mechanism comprising nozzles so arranged within the conduitas to blow the feathers or attaching material from the stripping forks and into and through the conduit toward the attaching mechanism. l r I 3. In an apparatus of the character set forth, a holder for feathers or similar material, attaching means" for securing the feathers to a supporting layer and means for withdrawing successive quantities V of feathers from the holder, in combination with a conduit leading from the feather withdrawin means to the attaching means, and means arranged behind the withdrawing means for intermittently blowing the feathers from said withdrawing meansto the attaching means;

i. In an apparatus of the character set forth, mechanism for securing feathers or similar material to asupporting layer, a

holder for such material having an outlet.

the pump and the jet orifices, whereby an 7 intermittent blast is created through ,theconduit and behind the feathers as they are withdrawn from the holder.

5. In an apparatus of the character set forth, a holder for feathers and similar material, means for withdrawing successive portions of the material from the holder, and a conduit for the passage of the material to means for securing the material to a support, in combination with an air compression pump and .a jet orifice or orifices arranged to blow the feathers from the point where they arewitlidrawn from the v holder, a pipe for the-compressed air pump connecting the outlet of said v pump with the orifice or orifices, a valve arranged in the compressed air pipe, and means for alternately opening and closing the valve.

6. In an apparatus for conveying feathers and like material, a receptacle for the material having an outlet, and means at the out let for withdrawing the material in successsive quantities from the said receptacle, in combination with a pipe. for compressed air having an air outlet or outlets arranged to blow the feathers from the feather withdrawing means, means for forcing air through the compressed-air pipe, a valve for periodically closing the compressed air pipe, and a valve arranged to open the portion of the pipe behind said first valve at each closing otthe first-named valve, bothvalves being arranged in the compressed-air pipe.

7. In an apparatus, of thecharacter set forth, a conduit for feathers or similar material, in combination with an air compression pump, a pipeleading therefrom inthe conduit and terminating i a je or orifices, a valve arranged on said closing said valve to produce intermittent eanstor alternately iopening and blasts from the ori ices or orifices, and a vent and means connected therewith to open and close the same as the -valve1s respectively closed and opened.

8. In an apparatus of the character set forth, a holder for feathers or similar material, attaching means for securingthe material we supportinglayer, and means for withdrawing 1 successive quantities of feathers from the hold'er,--in combination with a conduitleading fromthe withdraw ing means to the attaching means, means for blowing the material from the withdrawing means to the attaching means, the forward end of the conduitbeing provided witha yiel ling retaining device and a feather pickin devicearranged to engagewith said retaining device being locatedhehind the attaching device.

in testimony. whereof, Iatfix my signature.

Seal. Acting Commissioner of Patents.

- CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION.

Patent No. 1,599,387, granted September 7, 1926.

to FRITZ WEVER, deceased, whose Administrator isHENRl MARMIGNAT.

It is hereby certified that error appears in the printed specification of the above mentiened patent requiring correction as follows: Page 1, in the heading to the printed specification, line 6, date of filing application in Germany, for December 14, 1920 read June 30, 1921; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office. Signed and sealed this 22nd day of February, A. D. 1927.

M. J. Moore, 

